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Father '''Vladimir Konstantinovich Lozina-Lozinsky''' ({{ru icon}} Владимир Константинович Лозина-Лозинский) May 26, 1885 - December 26, 1937, was an [[Archpriest]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]]. He was canonised in 2000 as a [[Hieromartyr]] and included among the [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]].
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New Hieromartyr Father '''Vladimir Konstantinovich Lozina-Lozinsky''' ({{ru icon}} Владимир Константинович Лозина-Лозинский) [[May 26]], 1885 - [[December 26]], 1937, was an [[Archpriest]] of the [[Russian Orthodox Church]] who was [[martyr|martyred]] during the [[w:Great Purge|Great Purge]] in the Soviet Union. He was [[glorification|canonised]] in 2000 as a [[Hieromartyr]].  
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His [[feast day]] is on [[December 13]]/26,<ref name=ROCOR>The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). ''St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004.'' St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.93.</ref><ref>[http://www.holytrinityorthodox.com/calendar/index.php?year=2011&today=26&month=12&trp=0&tzo=-4 December 26 / December 13]. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).</ref><ref name=DECR>{{ru icon}} [http://www.mospat.ru/calendar/?s=%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9+%D0%92%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80+%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%9B%D0%BE%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9 Лозина-Лозинский Владимир Лозина-Лозинский, прот., сщмч.: †1937; Д. 13 || Петерб]. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Retrieved: 2012-09-28.</ref> as well as on the [[Synaxis]] of [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]], and on the [[Synaxis]] of the Saints of St. Petersburg.<ref name=DECR/>
  
 
==Biography==
 
==Biography==
Father Vladimir was born on May 26, 1885 in Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Governorate, in a family of doctors. His mother Varvara Karlovna, née. Scheidemann, the daughter of Lieutenant-General, the hero of the Crimean War, the commander of the artillery in the assault Evpatoria, descended from russified wealthy German family. She was one of the first women in Russia who receive a medical degree. She Graduated from Female medical courses at the Nicholas military hospital. His father [of polish descent] was a doctor in the Putilov factory.
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===Early Life===
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Father Vladimir was born on [[May 26]], 1885 in [[:w:Dukhovshchina|Dukhovshchina]], [[w:Smolensk Governorate|Smolensk Governorate]], to a family of doctors. His mother Varvara Karlovna (née Scheidemann), was the daughter of a Lieutenant-General who was a hero of the Crimean War, the artillery commander in the [[w:Battle of Eupatoria|Battle of Evpatoria]], descended from a [[w:History of Germans in Russia and the Soviet Union|Russified]] wealthy German family. She was one of the first women in Russia who received a medical degree; she studied Female medicine and graduated from the St. Nicholas Military Hospital. His father, who was of Polish descent, was a doctor in the [[w:Kirov Plant|Putilov Plant]].
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In 1888 his mother contracted typhus and died. The family then moved to St. Petersburg. Vladimir was an extraordinarily kind and unselfish child. He was characterized by an innate aristocracy, and was well versed in European languages.
  
In 1888 she contracted typhus and died. The family moved to St. Petersburg. Vladimir was extraordinarily kind and unselfish child. He was inherent innate aristocracy, he is well spoken european languages.
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===Education===
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In 1904 Vladimir graduated from the high school of the [[w:Imperial Philanthropic Society|Imperial Philanthropic Society]], and immediately entered the Faculty of Law of the [[w:Saint Petersburg State University|University of St Petersburg]].  
  
In 1904, Vladimir graduated from high school of the Imperial Philanthropic Society, and immediately entered the law faculty of the University. In 1910 he began his service in the Senate. Simultaneously, the young lawyer went on to study history of archives and two years later he graduated from the Institute of Archaeology.
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In 1910 he began his service in the Senate. Simultaneously, the young lawyer studied the history of archives, and two years later he graduated from the St. Petersburg Archeological Institute.
  
When began the [[World War I]], Vladimir tried to get to the front, but was not taken into active service for health reasons. In his position as assistant chief of the Petrograd Sanitary motorcade he direct the transporting of wounded people from St. Petersburg train stations to hospitals.
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When [[w:World War I|World War I]] began, Vladimir tried to get to the front, but was not accepted into active service due to health reasons. In his position as assistant chief of the Petrograd Sanitary Motorcade, he directed the transportation of wounded people from St. Petersburg train stations to hospitals.
  
 
In 1917, the Bolsheviks closed the Senate, and Vladimir got a job as the statistician on the Moscow-Rybinsk Railway.
 
In 1917, the Bolsheviks closed the Senate, and Vladimir got a job as the statistician on the Moscow-Rybinsk Railway.
  
The desire to become a priest took shape under the influence of Russian disaster of 1917. He first announced his decision to become a priest in the days when godless power started the open persecution of the Church. On his decision to Vladimir announced in 1918, in the days when was arrested and then shooted close to Lozina-Lozinsky priest - Abbot Theodore Cathedral in Tsarskoye Selo, Fr. Alexander Vasilyev - last confessor of the Royal Family.
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The desire to become a [[priest]] took shape under the influence of Russian disaster of 1917. He first announced his decision to become a priest in the days when the godless power started the open [[w:Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union|persecution of the Church]]. Specifically, Vladimir Konstantinovich decided to become a priest in 1918 when he witnessed the arrest and execution of his family friend and former priest in the Theodore Cathedral in [[w:Tsarskoye Selo|Tsarskoye Selo]], Father Alexander Vasyliev - who was also the last confessor of the [[Nicholas II of Russia|Royal Family]].
 
 
In 1920, Vladimir was admitted to the first year of the [[St. Petersburg Theological Academy|Theological Institute in St. Petersburg]], and in November filed a petition for [[ordination]]. After his ordination, he served in the University Church of All Saints in 1923, he was rector of the church.
 
 
 
He constantly arrested: in 1924 on the case of "Spasskoye Brotherhood", then in February 1925 (sentenced to ten years in labor camps on charges of monarchical plot and serving the memorial services (панихида) with the commemoration of the Imperial Family). Father Vladimir and another 34 people sentenced to death, but then expelled for ten years to the Solovetsky concentration camp.
 
  
First, he served time in Solovki. Father Vladimir took camp life humbly and meekly, he was friendly and kind. According to the memoirs fellow prisoners oа Solovki, aristocratism of his behavior did not disappear even then, "he weigh out stinking fish" in a food stall and carried parcels or washing toilets.
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In 1920, Vladimir was admitted to the first year of the [[St. Petersburg Theological Academy|Theological Institute in St. Petersburg]], and in November filed a petition for [[ordination]]. After his ordination, he served in the University's Church of All Saints in 1923, as [[Proistamenos|Rector]] of the church.
  
He was friends with father John Steblin-Kamensky and Michael Yavorsky arrested on "case of Orthodox Brotherhoods" and arrived at Solovki before him. Subsequently, they also accepted a martyr's death.
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===Persecution===
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Vladimir was subjected to constant arrests. In 1924 he was arrested and accused of participation in the "Spasskoye Brotherhood". However his family sent a petition to the authorities claiming that he was suffering from a serious mental illness, thereby gaining his release. One theory was that his relatives struck this deal with the authorities by admitting a mental disorder in order to free him, however none of his friends considered him mentally ill. When Vladimir testified, his answers were clear and restrained, and he always displayed a deep understanding of the subject matter at hand, and gave the impression of a balanced, thoughtful and legally educated person. It was evident while he was testifying that he never attempted to slander anyone.
  
At Solovki Father Vladimir visited by relatives, who have achieved reduction of sentence: in November 1928 at the conclusion of the camp was replaced five years exile in Siberia.
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In February 1925 he was arrested again and sentenced to ten years in labor camps, on charges of being involved in a monarchical plot, because he had served [[Memorial Services]] (панихида) commemorating the Imperial Family. Father Vladimir and another 34 people were originally sentenced to death, but were later exiled for ten years to the [[Solovetsky Monastery|Solovetsky concentration camp]]. Father Vladimir endured camp life humbly and meekly and was friendly and kind. According to the memoirs of fellow prisoners аt [[Solovetsky Monastery|Solovki]], the aristocraticism of his behavior did not disappear even then; he performed various tasks such as "weighing out stinking fish" in a food stall, carrying parcels, or washing toilets. He became friends with father John Steblin-Kamensky and Michael Yavorsky, who were arrested in the case of the "[[Brotherhoods|Orthodox Brotherhoods]]" and had arrived at [[Solovetsky Monastery|Solovki]] before him. Subsequently, they also accepted [[martyr]]'s deaths.
  
After spending several months in a transit prison in Leningrad, father was sent to a remote village Pyanovo, which is 150 kilometers from the city of Bratsk, Irkutsk oblast. Along with father Vladimir in the same village lived in exile bishop [[Basil (Zelentsov)]], an implacable opponent of Metropolitan Sergius.
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At Solovki Father Vladimir was visited by his relatives, who helped him gain a reduction of his sentence. In November 1928 his sentence to the camp was replaced by five years exile in Siberia. After spending several months in a transit prison in Leningrad, father was sent to the remote village of Pyanovo, which is 150 kilometers from the city of [[w:Bratsk|Bratsk]], Irkutsk oblast. Here, Father Vladimir lived together in exile with bishop [[Basil (Zelentsov) of Prilutsk|Basil (Zelentsov)]], an implacable opponent of Metropolitan [[Sergius (Stragorodsky) of Moscow|Sergius]].
  
After his release Father Vladimir served in Novgorod, he became rector of the Cathedral of Archangel Michael's (1934-1935). Ruling Bishop of Novgorod diocese was then the Archbishop Benedict (Plotnikov), familiar to father Vladimir on joint service in Petrograd.
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After his release Father Vladimir served in [[Novgorod]] and became [[rector]] of the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael (1934-1935). The ruling Bishop of the Novgorod diocese at that time was Archbishop [[Benedict (Plotnikov) of Kazan|Benedict (Plotnikov)]], who was familiar to Father Vladimir from joint service in Petrograd.
  
On 14 may 1936 archpriest Vladimir was arrested again, sent for examination to the regional hospital for the mentally ill, where he found sane.
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On [[May 14]], 1936 Archpriest Vladimir was arrested again and sent for examination to the regional hospital for the mentally ill, where he was found sane.
  
On 8 December 1937 with a group of parishioners he was arrested again by Article 58 as a member of the "people's democracy based on neostate capitalism". Archpriest Vladimir Lozina-Lozinski "pleaded not guilty, the existence of this group has not confirmed and no one slander.
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===Martyrdom===
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On [[December 8]], 1937 he was arrested again along with with a group of parishioners, pursuant to Article 58, on charges of being members of the ''"people's democracy based on neostate capitalism"'' group. Archpriest Vladimir Lozina-Lozinski pleaded not guilty, stating that the existence of this group had not been confirmed, and that he had slandered no one. However, on [[December 19]], he was sentenced to death by decision of the special "[[w:NKVD troika|NKVD troika]]", and on December 26, 1937 he was shot in the [[Novgorod]] region.  
  
26 December of the same year in Novgorod he was shot by desision of special troika of December 19. His place of burial remains unknown.
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The place of his burial remains unknown.
  
 
==Glorification==
 
==Glorification==
He was [[Glorification|canonized]] and included among the [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]], at the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in August 2000, for general church [[veneration]].
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He was [[Glorification|canonized]] and included among the [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]] at the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the [[Church of Russia|Russian Orthodox Church]] in August 2000, for general church [[veneration]].
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
* [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]]
 
* [[New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia]]
 
* [[New Martyrs]]
 
* [[New Martyrs]]
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'''Wikipedia'''<br>
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* [[w:Great Purge|Great Purge]]
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* [[w:Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union|Persecution of Christians in the Soviet Union]]
  
 
==References==  
 
==References==  
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New Hieromartyr Father Vladimir Konstantinovich Lozina-Lozinsky ((Russian)

Владимир Константинович Лозина-Лозинский) May 26, 1885 - December 26, 1937, was an Archpriest of the Russian Orthodox Church who was martyred during the Great Purge in the Soviet Union. He was canonised in 2000 as a Hieromartyr. 

His feast day is on December 13/26,[1][2][3] as well as on the Synaxis of New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia, and on the Synaxis of the Saints of St. Petersburg.[3]

Biography

Early Life

Father Vladimir was born on May 26, 1885 in Dukhovshchina, Smolensk Governorate, to a family of doctors. His mother Varvara Karlovna (née Scheidemann), was the daughter of a Lieutenant-General who was a hero of the Crimean War, the artillery commander in the Battle of Evpatoria, descended from a Russified wealthy German family. She was one of the first women in Russia who received a medical degree; she studied Female medicine and graduated from the St. Nicholas Military Hospital. His father, who was of Polish descent, was a doctor in the Putilov Plant.

In 1888 his mother contracted typhus and died. The family then moved to St. Petersburg. Vladimir was an extraordinarily kind and unselfish child. He was characterized by an innate aristocracy, and was well versed in European languages.

Education

In 1904 Vladimir graduated from the high school of the Imperial Philanthropic Society, and immediately entered the Faculty of Law of the University of St Petersburg.

In 1910 he began his service in the Senate. Simultaneously, the young lawyer studied the history of archives, and two years later he graduated from the St. Petersburg Archeological Institute.

When World War I began, Vladimir tried to get to the front, but was not accepted into active service due to health reasons. In his position as assistant chief of the Petrograd Sanitary Motorcade, he directed the transportation of wounded people from St. Petersburg train stations to hospitals.

In 1917, the Bolsheviks closed the Senate, and Vladimir got a job as the statistician on the Moscow-Rybinsk Railway.

The desire to become a priest took shape under the influence of Russian disaster of 1917. He first announced his decision to become a priest in the days when the godless power started the open persecution of the Church. Specifically, Vladimir Konstantinovich decided to become a priest in 1918 when he witnessed the arrest and execution of his family friend and former priest in the Theodore Cathedral in Tsarskoye Selo, Father Alexander Vasyliev - who was also the last confessor of the Royal Family.

In 1920, Vladimir was admitted to the first year of the Theological Institute in St. Petersburg, and in November filed a petition for ordination. After his ordination, he served in the University's Church of All Saints in 1923, as Rector of the church.

Persecution

Vladimir was subjected to constant arrests. In 1924 he was arrested and accused of participation in the "Spasskoye Brotherhood". However his family sent a petition to the authorities claiming that he was suffering from a serious mental illness, thereby gaining his release. One theory was that his relatives struck this deal with the authorities by admitting a mental disorder in order to free him, however none of his friends considered him mentally ill. When Vladimir testified, his answers were clear and restrained, and he always displayed a deep understanding of the subject matter at hand, and gave the impression of a balanced, thoughtful and legally educated person. It was evident while he was testifying that he never attempted to slander anyone.

In February 1925 he was arrested again and sentenced to ten years in labor camps, on charges of being involved in a monarchical plot, because he had served Memorial Services (панихида) commemorating the Imperial Family. Father Vladimir and another 34 people were originally sentenced to death, but were later exiled for ten years to the Solovetsky concentration camp. Father Vladimir endured camp life humbly and meekly and was friendly and kind. According to the memoirs of fellow prisoners аt Solovki, the aristocraticism of his behavior did not disappear even then; he performed various tasks such as "weighing out stinking fish" in a food stall, carrying parcels, or washing toilets. He became friends with father John Steblin-Kamensky and Michael Yavorsky, who were arrested in the case of the "Orthodox Brotherhoods" and had arrived at Solovki before him. Subsequently, they also accepted martyr's deaths.

At Solovki Father Vladimir was visited by his relatives, who helped him gain a reduction of his sentence. In November 1928 his sentence to the camp was replaced by five years exile in Siberia. After spending several months in a transit prison in Leningrad, father was sent to the remote village of Pyanovo, which is 150 kilometers from the city of Bratsk, Irkutsk oblast. Here, Father Vladimir lived together in exile with bishop Basil (Zelentsov), an implacable opponent of Metropolitan Sergius.

After his release Father Vladimir served in Novgorod and became rector of the Cathedral of the Archangel Michael (1934-1935). The ruling Bishop of the Novgorod diocese at that time was Archbishop Benedict (Plotnikov), who was familiar to Father Vladimir from joint service in Petrograd.

On May 14, 1936 Archpriest Vladimir was arrested again and sent for examination to the regional hospital for the mentally ill, where he was found sane.

Martyrdom

On December 8, 1937 he was arrested again along with with a group of parishioners, pursuant to Article 58, on charges of being members of the "people's democracy based on neostate capitalism" group. Archpriest Vladimir Lozina-Lozinski pleaded not guilty, stating that the existence of this group had not been confirmed, and that he had slandered no one. However, on December 19, he was sentenced to death by decision of the special "NKVD troika", and on December 26, 1937 he was shot in the Novgorod region.

The place of his burial remains unknown.

Glorification

He was canonized and included among the New Martyrs and Confessors of Russia at the Jubilee Bishops' Council of the Russian Orthodox Church in August 2000, for general church veneration.

See also

Wikipedia

References

  1. The Autonomous Orthodox Metropolia of Western Europe and the Americas (ROCOR). St. Hilarion Calendar of Saints for the year of our Lord 2004. St. Hilarion Press (Austin, TX). p.93.
  2. December 26 / December 13. HOLY TRINITY RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH (A parish of the Patriarchate of Moscow).
  3. 3.0 3.1 (Russian) Лозина-Лозинский Владимир Лозина-Лозинский, прот., сщмч.: †1937; Д. 13 || Петерб. Русская Православная Церковь Отдел внешних церковных связей. (DECR). Retrieved: 2012-09-28.

Sources

  • Solovki Encyclopaedia (Russian)
ВЛАДИМИР (ЛОЗИНА-ЛОЗИНСКИЙ ВЛАДИМИР КОНСТАНТИНОВИЧ). СВЯЩЕННОМУЧЕНИК.
  • Russian Wikipedia (Russian)
Лозина-Лозинский, Владимир Константинович.